Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup

Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-11-11

A 27-year-old Connecticut man facing felony economic espionage charges for allegedly selling a copy of Microsoft's leaked source code for $20 says he's being singled out only because the software giant and law enforcement officials can't find the people who stole the code in the first place.

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Defendant: Microsoft source code 'sale' was a setup 2004-11-12
m.w

free illwill !!...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
fianna

This guy does not deserve to own a computer for being such a lamer....

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
m.w

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dvdman+windows+source

the following people blatently leaked the windows sources:

dvdman (dvdman (at) greyhat (dot) org [email concealed]) leaked it

bysin (bysin (at) hacker (dot) com [email concealed]) aka contempt (the same guy that brought you

the ssl apache worm bugtraq.c) leaked AND distributed it

bysin...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
Kilrathi

I've met and illwill at a recent conference, hung out with the man for 3 days at that. He's quite an intelligent guy and also quite humorous. That being said I truly believe that he wasn't 'selling' this code, but it happend as he said. Someguy wanted something he could've downloaded himself or whil...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
Anonymous (1 replies)

This is the truth. I know william, his last run in with the law was the same date every year. It seems the FBI Agent's outlook reminder pop's up for him everytime this time of year. Can they FBI please find the terrorist and the real fraud criminals PLEASE??????????...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-15
Anonymous Phone Hero

"They're using me as an example, to show if you do something like this, they're going to [work] you over," said William Genovese, in a telephone interview Thursday. "Why go after me? Why not go after the guy who took the code? Why not go after the guy who released it on the net?"

-- Umm, because...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
Anonymous (1 replies)

Who wants the source code! I give it to you for free.. damn.. this stuff makes me mad.. only in america...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
Anonymous

Really - who the hell wants it? I've got all the OS source code I need legally available (Linux, *BSD, etc)...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
Anonymous (1 replies)

This is a sad waste of time for our tax dollars. Doesn't the government have anything better to do?...

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Wow 2004-11-13
kiddecks

suck for you, get well soon

oh and [work] the 2004 US government for doing the wrong [stuff] to the wrong people

why don't you guys [work]ing target the spammers and haxorers who allow them to spam anonymously instead of people who mirror a publically available file.

next: FBI raids google....

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-12
Gee

this is just a stupid joke . . . he aint the one who stole it, so why go after him? just because there is no one else to go after?? cant micro$oft do better??...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-13
Raab

Probably wont even make it past a grand jury.

illwill, even tho you're an ass, im still rootin for ya....

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The Real Question is here... 2004-11-13
pingywon

The Real question is in this article. Willy is accussed of selling trade secrets, but was the source code REALLY a trade secret in anyone who REALLY wanted it could have gone and downloaded it from any p2p network. I personally recall back in feb, and I can atest that anyone who wanted a link to tha...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-13
msh

Whats sad is that in the netherlands, you don't even get 10 years for murder, makes me wonder why wee are lighter on thsi sort of thing.

We miss you will- greets from #trinity...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-14
David Prinzing

Good grief. This is rediculous. I think the stupidity starts with him claiming he had the source code and putting that notice on his website. I think that the stupidity gets worse when a Microsoft agent contacts him.

Focus your attention on what is important and you will finally get what you w...

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Bottom line 2004-11-14
Anonymous (1 replies)

Ill bottom line this.

He made a public display of distrubuting the software sourcecode for profit (regardless of the fools that paid for it) .. it wasnt his code, he didnt have permission, and that is why he has been targetted.

The reason why the other distributors havent been arrested is beca...

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Bottom line 2004-11-17
Anonymous (1 replies)

The one technical flaw in your argument is that he wasn't "selling" the source code. The investigator made a "donation" to illwill, and such donations are asked for to offset web hosting costs. As a thank you for the donation he simply provided an easily accessible link to download the partial sourc...

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Re: Bottom line 2006-07-26
Anonymous

Correction, the "Donation" was requested before the link was provided, "Donations" are supposed to be voluntary, meaning the link could be downloaded regardless of an offering.

p.s. Why hasn't anyone said anything more on the Paris Hilton video the agent downloaded?...

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"up to ten years in prison for stealing trade secrets for personal financial gain" 2004-11-15
Anonymous

...sad but true... If is it really commercial

interests so higher than freedom???...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-15
sh4d0w`

don't take persons as an example, i know illwill and he's just a normal person like 1/2 of the net. This can't be real that he gets a 10 year long time in prison for things that 12 year old kids do about 200 times/person every day with some p2p programs. this cant be a solution, to just pick someone...

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-17
Anonymous

"This is not America..."

Truth of the matter is 'illwill' (like many of us) lives in a country with an elected government which supports large local companies ($$$). The slow but steady clamp-down on your rights and the bias of the system towards the big guys with lots $$$ can't have escaped your a...

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This is entrapment 2004-11-17
Anonymous (1 replies)

"He e-mailed me again and said he had formatted his computer and basically he wanted to download the source again," says Genovese. "I didn't have it any more, and he said if you can find it I'll send you more money just for the hassle."

He no longer had the source but an officer of the law sugg...

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Re: This is entrapment 2006-07-26
Anonymous

One problem, The 'Agent' who participated in the transaction was not 'Law Enforcement', he was an employee of a private security firm hired by Microsoft. The 'FBI' was a third party only witnessing the transaction....

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Defendant: Microsoft source code sale was a setup 2004-11-18
Anonymous

You know that once the source code is on the internet in a manner that everyone can get to it, it is no longer considered propriatary. (<-- did i spell that right?) One only needs to read up on the cyber laws to see this is a well known FACT. The only issue that I can see here is one where thay migh...

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